Yazoo City herald. [volume] (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1878-1976, 1887-03-18

day, from this cause alone, there
are one Hundred and fifty lhons'
and acres oil land in the Panther
Greek basin under water. Now
these lands are valuable, and il
protected would furnish homes
for hundred thousand people,
They are not in a state OF cnlliya.
tion today, solely on account OF
annual overflow. The soil is good
aud the country drains well The
water that falls in the basin. The
map shows the location Of the
country, any one by going TO The
map and examining for himself
will sec that the water does &c; In
and can only get In to The Panther
Greek basin through the AIcba-
falaya 0nl!rt Now nature is very
wise in providing the Yazoo with
high banks to hold the water that
falls in lhe Yazoo river basin, and
thus afford a sufficient channel TO
carry it off. Aud there is no
doubt that the Alchafalaya MAS
formed by the Mississippi riveI
pouring it's waters into the Yazoo
river, aud overhowiDg it's banks
and thus causing the water TO
start the channel that now forms
the Atchalalaya and little by little,
year after year 1t is in its present
stage, hut the Mississippi is now
leveed. Yazoo River is now IN its
normal state, and the people can
build and open mp land wholly
with reference 10 The water thai
falls IN the Yazoo river basin.
The principle Of levee building on
the Mississippi riveris that by
by that means sc0ur ont the bot
tom OF the river, aud in The end
causing the channel, alinongh
much smaller, to carry aud empty
a much larger volume OF water
than il would If allowed 20 seek
its own course, flowing out al all
The low places, filing up the low
grounds, sc. II has by this time
been demonstrated to be pracli.
cal theory. Now The formations
o! the Mississippi nver aud The
YazoO river are similar, and what |
will prove a blessing on the Mis-.
sissippi, will, under like like con-
produce similar results on
the YazoO river. Now my idea is
not TO levee the YazOo river, OF
course not, the volume OF water
that comes down the YazOO river !
does not require that, nor ever
will, but my idea is that il all the
outlets. where the water flows out
Il lhe YazoO river, wore closed by
good, strong levecs, that the Ya-
zoo river would be- better able 20
carry off it's water than II does TO-
lay, Tor the reasons that apply TO
Ihe Mississippi. Now there is
only one of these outlets in YazoO
county OF any size, where any
great body of country is affected
Dy H., and that is the AIchalala, a
Dutlei. The people Of iazoO
should levee it. The very
ract that il will reclaim one hun.
lied aud fifty thousand acres of
aud, besides the convenience il
will give TO travel over the whole
IF The Yazou Delta. logether with
other advantages,
make il scheme that should ap
peal TO every person, who has the
welfare OF the county at heart.
The people Of the Delta are
Iaxed to day 10 keep up the levees
-or the Mississippi river, aud they
have proven blessing. bni the
nrn Who own the one hundred
md fly ihonsand acres Of laud
hat are to-day under water by the
simple overflow Of The YazOo Tiv-
n, through this Alehafalaya ont.
ei, receive but little gpO,l, from
he fact that The Mississippi is
eveed, but they pay The taxes
for the brnedl OF the
Eholr country, and especially hose
hat il does bcnrfii. New The ie /
1rrs OF ib~ Mississippi can be
u nsde a blessing 10 these mrH who
,wn thrSr one hundred and fiffy t
Ihoasand acres Of land by simply
,uilding ipvee acrors the Afeh
ifalaya. where IL flows oui of Ire
+ azoo river. N0u the question
l.. will the people Who have been
brnrfiftrd 20 much bf the Missis-
sippi levses, and partly through
he taxes obtained from these one
hundred and fty thousand acres
1f laud. aid these people who oWB
.hese lands, in sreunng proper
I~gislaiiOn 20 That they may tax
10 buiid and kerp up
Ibis iev~-. Or raihrr vii avs
one use hIs infuencr against ihr